Recaps

Chen Changan endured escalating restrictions on the Heavenly Pride Road and reached Termination City, where a mysterious man told him the road’s real test was beginning. The man summoned others to present Chen Changan’s challenge.

• Chen Changan pushed through increasingly powerful restrictions while wondering whether the other contestants could reach the end.
• After flying for another half month and traveling roughly ten more days, Chen Changan arrived at Termination City.
• Chen Changan entered the deserted city and encountered a mysterious man who could conceal his cultivation.
• The man explained that every Heavenly Pride Road had its own Termination City and that Chen Changan had to pass a challenge to continue.
• Chen Changan asked what his challenge was, and the man called for others to come out.

Chen Changan began Termination City's first trial, a contest to hammer Yunmeng Iron into a thin sheet faster than a mysterious child. He failed to keep pace and learned he could retry as many times as he wanted before his time ran out.

• Chen Changan met four other trial keepers, then followed the child who announced he would conduct the first trial.
• The child led Chen Changan into a tower with a vast inner space and challenged him to hammer Yunmeng Iron faster than he could.
• Chen Changan struggled with the heavy hammer and hard metal while the child worked at a steady, rapid pace.
• Chen Changan stopped after the child finished nearly a thin sheet while his own Yunmeng Iron was only halfway reduced.
• The child told Chen Changan he could attempt the trial as many times as he wanted, but he would have to leave when his time ran out if he failed.

Chen Changan passed the first trial by using two hammers and inertia to work the Yunmeng Iron efficiently, then entered Old Deng’s building for the second trial. Old Deng revealed that his frail shuffle had only been an act as he took off his clothes and showed off his muscular body.

• Chen Changan improved during his second attempt at hammering Yunmeng Iron but failed to match the child’s pace.
• Chen Changan used two hammers and his body as a pivot to harness inertia, finishing a sheet of Yunmeng Iron before the child and passing the first trial.
• Chen Changan took all six blocks of Yunmeng Iron and left the tower with the child.
• Chen Changan learned that Old Deng would oversee his second trial and followed him to a tavern-like building.
• Old Deng entered the barren trial space, removed his clothes, and revealed his sculpted muscles, explaining that his shuffling walk had been an act.

Chen Changan tried to catch Old Deng, whose incredible speed left no trace in the windless zone. After mapping the space and shrinking barriers around him, Chen Changan outsmarted Old Deng and caught him when he charged at the final barrier.

• Old Deng challenged Chen Changan to catch him and vanished with speed that left no detectable energy, spatial, or wind fluctuations.
• Chen Changan surveyed the space and memorized its boundaries instead of chasing Old Deng blindly.
• Chen Changan spread barriers throughout the space and repeatedly merged them to shrink the area around Old Deng.
• Chen Changan reasoned that Old Deng had stayed inside the barriers and bet that he could not break through the final one.
• Old Deng charged at the final barrier, appeared in front of Chen Changan, and was caught.

Chen Changan passed Old Deng’s trial by using a teleportation array to catch him, then began Handsome Brother’s zither trial. As the music animated the scenery, golden winged sprites appeared around Chen Changan, leaving the trial’s purpose unclear.

• Chen Changan explained how he tricked Old Deng into touching a barrier and teleporting into his hands, and Old Deng admitted defeat.
• Old Deng told Chen Changan that he had passed, then explained to the others that Chen Changan had used his wits rather than speed to catch him.
• Chen Changan asked about the other challengers and Termination Cities, but Old Deng and the others refused to share useful information.
• Handsome Brother led Chen Changan to a scenic pavilion and began playing an ancient zither for the third trial.
• Chen Changan watched the music bring the lake, plants, and petals to life, then noticed golden winged sprites appearing around him.

Chen Changan passed the third challenge by realizing that he had to trust his judgment and walk out of the space, then prepared to face the fourth challenge. The chapter ended with the next examiner leading him away while Chen Changan jokingly called him his father.

• Chen Changan realized that the third challenge was designed to trap him until the Heavenly Pride Secret Realm closed, and that leaving on his own was the test.
• Chen Changan walked out of the challenge, and Old Deng confirmed that it tested insight, courage, bravery, and confidence.
• Chen Changan learned that only the next examiner and the older man remained, then asked whose turn came next.
• The older man led Chen Changan toward the fourth challenge, while Chen Changan teased him by calling him his dad.

Chen Changan faced a tavern trial by drinking five jars of Bury Heaven and Earth, a liquor containing immense energy that did not immediately change his cultivation. After he finished, the man revealed that the energy came from beyond the Eternal Land and was hidden inside Chen Changan until the right time.

• Chen Changan learned the tavern trial required him to drink five jars of Bury Heaven and Earth, then teased the man into pouring him a large bowl.
• Chen Changan drank the first bowl in one gulp and absorbed its overwhelming energy, but noticed it had not increased his cultivation.
• The man was astonished that Chen Changan recovered in about an hour, and told him he would explain the energy after the trial.
• Chen Changan drank all five jars in two days while the man watched in disbelief.
• Chen Changan asked what the energy did, and the man explained that it was hidden within his body and came from outside the Eternal Land.

Chen Changan learned that the Eternal Ranking’s energy could help someone pursue the Ruler Realm, then entered its final challenge: surviving ten of an old man’s attacks. After removing his four restrictions, Chen Changan fought the old man at full strength, leaving the others outside to speculate about how long the fight would last.

• Chen Changan learned that the energy within him was dormant and that Bury Heaven and Earth was the Eternal Ranking’s most valuable reward so far.
• Chen Changan followed the final old man to a stable arena, where the old man explained that he had to withstand ten attacks to pass.
• The old man struck Chen Changan and sent him crashing into the arena barrier, revealing the vast difference between their strength.
• Chen Changan removed his four restrictions and unleashed his full strength, drawing the old man’s admiration.
• Chen Changan summoned Red Dust Sword and charged at the old man, and the two began a fierce battle as the others outside debated how long it would take.

Chen Changan passed the challenge in Termination City, reached the end of the Heavenly Pride Road first, and waited for Mu Yunyao and the others. Mu Yunyao arrived six months later, and Chen Changan learned that her route had not included Termination City.

• Chen Changan asked whether the Eternal Ranking began at the Emperor Realm tier because of his cultivation, then left Termination City after passing its challenge.
• The old man revealed that Chen Changan had passed from the start by easily enduring one-tenth of his strength, and the others vanished along with Termination City.
• Chen Changan resisted the road's restrictions, defeated its challengers with single sword strikes, and reached the end first.
• Chen Changan's arrival at the end placed him first on the Heaven's Pride Ranking, and Eternal City discussed his achievement for two days.
• Mu Yunyao arrived six months later at the peak of the ninth-grade Emperor Realm, and Chen Changan asked about Termination City after learning she had not encountered it.

Changan and his companions discussed Termination City and the gains from the Heavenly Pride Secret Realm as the final contestants reached the end of the Heavenly Pride Road. When the realm opened, only five people had made the ranking, and guards escorted them to meet the City Lord.

• Changan told Mu Yunyao about Termination City, Bury Heaven and Earth, and the limits of the Eternal Jade Bottle.
• Half a year later, Da Huang, Di Feiyan, and Li Yanran reached the end, with Di Feiyan and Li Yanran having risen to the ninth-grade Emperor Realm.
• Changan and the others waited, but no sixth person reached the end before the Heavenly Pride Secret Realm closed.
• The realm opened after three years, revealing only five names on the Heavenly Pride Ranking as the contestants emerged to a crowd amazed by their cultivation gains.
• Guards from the City Lord's Mansion invited Changan and the other four ranked contestants to meet the City Lord, and they agreed to go immediately.

Chen Changan took over Eternal City after Zhang Ergou explained that the Eternal Ranking would open in the Emperor Above Realm in ten years, and he began considering preparations for the journey. As the city learned Chen Changan was an outsider, Ye Kuangtu broke through toward the Emperor Above Realm beneath thunderclouds.

• Zhang Ergou told Chen Changan that Eternal City now belonged to him and that he would need to reach the Emperor Above Realm circle before the Eternal Ranking opened in ten years.
• Zhang Ergou gave Chen Changan an Eternal Heart Lock, then left Eternal City with Zhang Dazhuang.
• Chen Changan agreed that Li Yanran could return home, while Di Feiyan chose to stay with him.
• People in Eternal City learned that Chen Changan was an outsider but said they did not care, partly because of the Miracle Treasure Pavilion.
• Thunderclouds gathered over the City Lord's Mansion as Ye Kuangtu announced his breakthrough and charged toward the sky.

After Ye Kuangtu survived his tribulation, Chen Changan recruited him and gave the others Emperor Pills as they prepared to break through. Mu Yunyao, Da Huang, and Di Feiyan reached the Emperor Above Realm, while Li Yanran returned with news that her father wanted her identity concealed from the Li Family’s main branch.

• A Lightning Tribulation struck Ye Kuangtu, and Chen Changan made him agree to work for him for thirty years as compensation for a small mark on the City Lord's Mansion.
• Ye Kuangtu joined Chen Changan after seeing his Emperor Pills, and Chen Changan gave pills to the others before they entered seclusion.
• After a year, Mu Yunyao broke through to the Emperor Above Realm, and Da Huang followed half a year later; Di Feiyan also broke through afterward.
• Li Yanran returned and found that everyone had surpassed her, then told Mu Yunyao that her father wanted the Li Family’s main branch not to discover her.

Mu Yunyao questioned the Li Family members who arrived at Eternal City and declared Li Yanran their Saintess. Li Yanran refused to return to the Li Family, whose members insisted she had no choice.

• Mu Yunyao told Li Yanran she could decide not to return to the Li Family without asking Changan.
• Ye Kuangtu sensed two groups with formidable auras arriving in Eternal City and went to greet them.
• Five Li Family members recognized Li Yanran at the City Lord's Mansion and knelt, welcoming her as their Saintess.
• The Li Family members explained that the Eternal Ranking had revealed Li Yanran's Saintess bloodline and said her return would restore their family.
• Mu Yunyao questioned the Li Family's intentions and refused to let Li Yanran return for now.
• Li Yanran said she agreed with Mu Yunyao and did not want to go back, but the Li Family members insisted that returning was her duty and she had no choice.

Li Yanran and Mu Yunyao rejected the Li Family’s demand that Li Yanran return and serve the family. The Shangguan Family then approached Di Feiyan about investing in her for the Eternal Ranking, but she refused to represent them.

• Li Yanran told the Li Family she owed them nothing and refused to contribute to their rise.
• Mu Yunyao backed Li Yanran and warned the Li Family that they were on her territory.
• The Shangguan Family arrived and said they wanted Di Feiyan to represent them in the Eternal Ranking competition.
• Di Feiyan rejected the offer, saying she would compete with her friends and would represent the Di Family if she represented anyone.
• The Shangguan Family explained that they wanted to invest in Di Feiyan and chose her because Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao were unlikely prospects and they would not invest in Da Huang.

The Shangguan Family failed to recruit Di Feiyan but showed interest in Chen Changan’s Miracle Treasure Pavilion. The Li Family threatened to take Li Yanran back by force, and Mu Yunyao went to fight them above Eternal City.

• Di Feiyan refused the Shangguan Family’s offer, and they asked about the Miracle Treasure Pavilion before leaving.
• Da Huang mocked the Li Family for its attitude, while its members insisted Li Yanran had to return with them.
• Mu Yunyao challenged the five Li Family members, who claimed their third-heaven Emperor Above Realm cultivation gave them the advantage.
• Da Huang suggested the Li Family’s treatment of its Saintesses was suspicious, and Mu Yunyao declared that Li Yanran would not be taken.
• Mu Yunyao flew above Eternal City, and the Li Family members followed her as Da Huang urged Di Feiyan to let Sister-in-law handle the fight.

Mu Yunyao fought off five members of the Li Family, who threatened to keep pursuing Li Yanran. Chen Changan appeared and said he would kill them, and the chapter ended with the Li Family members vanishing in a flash of light.

• Mu Yunyao held off five Li Family members and rebuked them for causing trouble in Eternal City.
• The Li Family members threatened to keep pursuing Li Yanran and tried to leave, but Mu Yunyao moved to stop them.
• Chen Changan appeared beside Mu Yunyao and offered to handle the Li Family members, and she told him to kill them.
• The Li Family members mocked Chen Changan, while onlookers recalled that outsiders who had confronted him at the Miracle Treasure Pavilion had vanished.
• A flash of light filled Eternal City, and the Li Family members vanished.

After Chen Changan killed the Li Family members who angered Mu Yunyao, he reassured Li Yanran that the family could not use her as its Saintess and discussed reincarnation with Ye Kuangtu. He prepared to leave for the Emperor Above Realm layer, leaving the Miracle Treasure Pavilion’s future in the Yu Family’s hands.

• Chen Changan returned to the City Lord's Mansion with Mu Yunyao after warning Eternal City's residents not to provoke him.
• Li Yanran worried the Li Family would use her as a cultivation resource, and Chen Changan promised they would not get the chance.
• Ye Kuangtu explained that reincarnation was possible in the Eternal Land but uncommon, and Chen Changan accepted his reasoning.
• Chen Changan noted that about three years had passed since the Heavenly Pride Ranking and told the others to prepare to leave for the Emperor Above Realm layer after a little more time.
• Chen Changan gave the Yu Family's old ancestor and the others pills, King-grade weapons, and heavenly treasures, and told them to manage the Miracle Treasure Pavilion and train alchemists and weapon refiners.

Chen Changan prepared to leave for the Eternal Ranking and the supreme Ruler Realm, telling his followers that Miracle Treasure Pavilion would no longer be his priority. He agreed to be friends with the Shangguan Family after warning them not to betray his trust, then gave them five top-grade Emperor Pills.

• Chen Changan told his followers that he had prepared what they needed and urged them to help one another in the Emperor Above Realm circle after he left.
• Chen Changan said he probably would not reopen Miracle Treasure Pavilion in the Emperor Above Realm circle because his focus was the Eternal Ranking and he had enough resources.
• After learning the Shangguan Family representatives had stayed at Miracle Treasure Pavilion, Chen Changan met them and asked Saint Essence why they remained.
• The Shangguan Family offered to become Chen Changan's ally, and Chen Changan accepted their friendship while warning that he would show no mercy if they crossed his limits.
• The Shangguan Family gave Chen Changan an Eternal Heart Lock, and Chen Changan gifted them five top-grade Emperor Pills.

Chen Changan questioned the Shangguan Family about the secretive Outsider Alliance, then waited in Eternal City for Jiang Yunchen to arrive with his still-unconscious wife. Ye Kuangtu recognized Jiang Yunchen as a legendary figure who had once stood at the summit of the Eternal Land, while Jiang dismissed the idea that reaching the Ruler Realm was easy.

• Chen Changan learned that the Shangguan Family knew the Outsider Alliance existed but had been unable to locate it, and that the Zhang Family might know more.
• Chen Changan reassured the Yu Family ancestor that the Shangguan Family would benefit by staying allied with him, then accepted the Yu Family's wishes for his success.
• Jiang Yunchen arrived at the City Lord's Mansion in Eternal City with his wife, whose condition had improved but who remained sealed and unconscious.
• Ye Kuangtu recognized Jiang Yunchen's name and recalled that people had believed he sacrificed his future for an outsider and disappeared.
• Jiang Yunchen dismissed the belief that he had once been the person most likely to reach the Ruler Realm, saying it was far from easy to attain.

Chen Changan examined Jiang Yunchen’s wife, then agreed that Jiang Yunchen would return to the Emperor Above Realm circle while the others prepared to follow later. As Chen Changan’s group wondered what had become of the missing young ones, he decided to trust them to find their own way and wait for the little fellow to finish breaking through.

• Chen Changan examined Jiang Yunchen’s wife and found that she was recovering and beginning to resist the seal, though she still could not respond.
• Jiang Yunchen told Chen Changan he would return to the Emperor Above Realm circle with his wife, and Chen Changan agreed they would stay in contact.
• Di Feiyan and Ye Kuangtu reacted with surprise to Jiang Yunchen’s past, while Chen Changan told Ye Kuangtu to spend ten years managing the Miracle Treasure Pavilion before joining them.
• Da Huang asked whether the missing young ones might have been captured, and Chen Changan said they were probably safe and should be allowed to make their own way.
• Chen Changan told the group to get ready to leave once the little fellow finished breaking through.

Chen Changan and his companions entered the Emperor Above Realm layer, where he suspected the layers had been created by the person who once enslaved the Eternal Land. He avoided contacting the Zhang Family and learned that Song Yuheng was investigating a powerful organization called Heaven Music Gate for clues about Chen Tian and the others.

• Chen Changan and his companions reached the Emperor Above Realm layer, and Da Huang wondered why the layers felt separate despite having no visible barrier.
• Chen Changan explained that he left Chen Huan behind for safety and planned to explore before approaching the Zhang Family.
• Chen Changan tried to contact Song Yuheng, who eventually answered and said he had been laying low while investigating leads about Chen Tian and the others.
• Song Yuheng revealed that his leads involved Heaven Music Gate, whose leader was at the third heaven of Emperor Above Realm, and Chen Changan asked where to find him.

Chen Changan and his companions reached Star Origin and learned that the old man they questioned belonged to the Heaven Music Gate. They reunited with Song Yuheng and set off to visit the sect, while the old man chose not to accompany them.

• Chen Changan and his companions discovered they had already arrived in Star Origin and asked a local old man where the Heaven Music Gate was.
• The old man revealed that he belonged to the Heaven Music Gate, and Chen Changan asked whether he knew Chen Tian, Chen Jie, or Chen Ling.
• The old man agreed to guide Chen Changan and his companions toward the Heaven Music Gate after Chen Changan promised not to cause trouble.
• Chen Changan and his companions encountered Song Yuheng, who explained that the outsider brand-marking had made him wary of approaching the sect.
• The old man left to avoid trouble, and Chen Changan led the group on to visit the Heaven Music Gate with Song Yuheng.

Song Yuheng told Chen Changan that Chen Tian and Jian Dan had disappeared after the Heaven Music Gate sect master took them away, leading many to suspect they were being held there. Chen Changan led his group to Heaven Music Gate to find out what happened to his children.

• Chen Changan teased Song Yuheng for falling behind in cultivation, and Song Yuheng asked whether he could compete in the upcoming Eternal Ranking.
• Song Yuheng explained that he had investigated Chen Tian and Jian Dan after Chen Changan asked him to look into their whereabouts.
• Song Yuheng said Chen Tian and Jian Dan had gained renown in the Star Origin Realm before the Heaven Music Gate sect master took them away.
• Song Yuheng reported that no one had heard from the couple since, and people suspected they were imprisoned inside Heaven Music Gate.
• Chen Changan threatened to wipe out Heaven Music Gate if it had harmed his children and led his group there.
• Heaven Music Gate members spotted the outsiders and hurried to alert an Elder.

Chen Changan and his companions confronted Heaven Music Gate to ask about Chen Tian and Jian Dan, and learned that the sect master had befriended them and once wanted Chen Tian as his successor. The sect master revealed that Chen Tian had taught him how to hide his outsider mark, leaving Chen Changan to hear another example of his son's abilities.

• The Elder of Heaven Music Gate mistook Chen Changan's group for the Outsider Alliance and denied knowing Chen Tian until Song Yuheng demanded to see the sect master.
• The sect master arrived, confirmed that he knew Chen Tian and Jian Dan, and learned from Da Huang that Chen Changan was Chen Tian's father.
• The sect master questioned Chen Changan's strength, prompting Da Huang to defend him and boast that their group could defeat Heaven Music Gate.
• The sect master invited Chen Changan's group to the reception hall and explained that he had once planned to make Chen Tian his successor.
• The sect master revealed his hidden outsider mark and said Chen Tian had taught Heaven Music Gate how to conceal the mark so they would not be affected after he left.

Chen Changan learned from the Heaven Music Gate Master that Chen Tian had left for the Illusion Dream Domain after reaching the Throne Realm, so he and his companions set out to follow the lead. The group debated how to search for the family, ending with Da Huang asking why they had suddenly started looking for Chen Changan’s son instead of their father.

• The Heaven Music Gate Master told Chen Changan that Chen Tian had concealed his outsider’s mark, reached the Throne Realm with a Seven-Colored Throne, and might have gone to the Illusion Dream Domain.
• Chen Changan and his companions left the Heaven Music Gate after learning the Illusion Dream Domain’s direction, while the Master warned them to conceal their outsider’s marks.
• Da Huang questioned whether the Master had told the truth, and Chen Changan said the search would continue by following the traces Chen Tian had left behind.
• Song Yuheng suggested waiting for the Eternal Ranking, but Da Huang argued that Chen Changan had reasons to search along the way.
• Da Huang asked Chen Changan why they were looking for his son when they had been searching for their father, and Chen Changan told him to shut up.